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| Birth name | Andrew Daniel Divoff |
| Born | July 2 1955  San Tome, Venezuela |
| Spouse(s) | Raissa Danilova (29 February 1992 - 1998) (divorced) |
| Official site | http://andrewdivoff.com/ |
Andrew Daniel Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is a Venezuelan-born film and television actor.
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Biography
Personal life
Divoff was born in San Tome, Venezuela. He currently lives in the United States. Divoff can speak eight languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. He used to speak Romanian but forgot the language when he had no one to speak it with.[1]
Career
Divoff has played many villains in film and on television and is best known for playing the nefarious Djinn in the first two films of the Wishmaster series. His other films include Another 48 Hrs., The Hunt for Red October, and Toy Soldiers. Divoff's television guest appearances include The A-Team, JAG and Highlander: The Series. Divoff has a recurring role on Lost as Mikhail Bakunin, a Russian member of the Others who lived in the Flame station of the DHARMA Initiative. He appeared, uncredited, in "The Cost of Living", and later in "Enter 77" and "Par Avion". He later appeared, in flashbacks, in "One of Us," and reappeared in the episodes "D.O.C.," "The Man Behind the Curtain," and "Through the Looking Glass."
Filmography
Partial filmography
- The Hunt for Red October (as Foxtrot Weapons Officer), 1990
- Another 48 Hrs. (as Cherry Ganz), 1990
- Graveyard Shift (as Danson), 1990
- Toy Soldiers (as Luis Cali), 1991
- Running Cool (as Bone), 1993
- A Low Down Dirty Shame (as Mendoza), 1994
- Magic Island (voice of Blackbeard), 1995
- Deadly Voyage (as Romachenko), 1996
- Air Force One (as Boris Bazylev), 1997
- Wishmaster (as The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest), 1997
- Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (as The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest), 1999
- Faust: Love of the Damned (as M), 2001
- Knight Club, 2003
- The Rage (as Dr. Viktor Vasilienko), 2006
- Indiana Jones 4, 2008
Television
- The A-Team (in episodes "Firing Line" and "Dishpan Man"), 1986
- Highlander: The Series (in episode "A Bad Day in Building A" as Byran Slade and "Little Tin God" as Gavriel Larca), 1992 and 1996
- Lost (in episodes The Cost of Living, Enter 77, Par Avion, One of Us, D.O.C., The Man Behind the Curtain and Through the Looking Glass as Mikhail Bakunin), 2006-2007
